Wisden cricketer of the year: Charlotte Edwards

Share via

Edwards took over the England captaincy from Clare ConnorTimes photographer, Graham Hughes

2 of 3

She has led her team to tournament victories in 50-over and 20-over cricketGraham Crouch-ICC

3 of 3

England's women won back-to-back Ashes series in 2013-14Lee Smith

Tim de Lisle

Last updated at 8:30AM, April 9 2014

Exclusive: In one of two extracts from this year’s Wisden, Tim de Lisle profiles Charlotte Edwards, arguably the most successful England captain in history

Meet the England captain: an all-time great who has lifted the World Cup and
the World Twenty20, won the Ashes home and away, and broken the world record
for the most international appearances. And yet there are still some cricket
lovers who would not recognise her if she sat next to them at Lord’s.

It may, alas, be necessary to translate her achievements into the masculine.
In terms of success, Charlotte Edwards is Andrew Strauss and M. S. Dhoni
rolled into one. In terms of longevity, she is verging on Sachin Tendulkar:
after making her Test debut at 16, she